Journal # 3

Katriel and Farrell argue that the idea of scrapbooking can be an example of what is known as the “genre of self.” By the authors, it is believed that just as everyday writing can be placed into a genre, so can a scrapbook as well. Scrapbooks can be utilized as a form of self-narration and as a form of significance. Creating scrapbooks are useful in helping to narrate a person’s life from birth to present day, or simply as an assigned school project. Like Emily had mentioned, "scrapbooking can be used as a tool for memory" that can help a person to reminisce about important events in someone’s life for all to see.

Although many people mentioned that they would not consider a scrapbook to be everyday writing because it contains little to no words, I would have to disagree. I believe scrapbooks can be an example of everyday writing because it still has a purpose of being able to convey some type of thought, feeling, or message. I also think that a Zine can be considered everyday writing because it is a type of personal publication that can communicate some form of idea or thought process. Since a magazine can be a form of everyday writing, and a Zine is basically your own do it yourself magazine publication, I would constitute a Zine as everyday writing. Although a Zine is not marked by “skill” because it is a DIY, you do not necessarily need skill in order to write things that are considered “everyday.”